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Sleepy during the day? Struggle with sleep apnea? Both are genetically linked to telomeres, parts of your chromosomes that reflect biological age
A predilection for afternoon naps does not necessarily mean you need to worry about your own mortality, but the scientific ...
One gene dramatically increases our chances of getting tuberculosis. Here is how evolution mostly knocked it out
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease in human history, responsible for the deaths of about a billion people in the ...
‘Selfish sperm’: Why men generate it and how it drives evolution
[L]ike all animals, we are biologically driven to try and pass our genetic material on to the next generation, and ...
Missing link: The complicated sex lives of ancient humans
Analysis of two Neanderthal genomes, one Denisovan genome, and four modern human genomes revealed new evidence of gene flow between ...
Podcast: How male sex drive evolved
For decades, scientists suggested that fatherhood fulfilled a primarily evolutionary function: protecting and providing for offspring in return for sex ...
Why did fatherhood evolve?
We might take the doting modern dad for granted, but if you take a look at the rest of the ...
How an event in what is now the United States may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire
With a new analysis of particles found in ice cores, researchers determined that [Alaskan volcano] Okmok's eruption coincided with Rome's ...
Recreating evolution: Human gene triggers bigger brains in monkeys
Researchers in Germany and Japan introduced a human-specific gene to the fetuses of common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus. In turn, that ...
‘Extreme difficulty’ trusting past experiences may be key factor for people with OCD, study says
Often, the human brain can overcome worries and fears by casting the mind back to past experiences that have worked ...
3 modern adaptations that prove humans are still evolving
Genetic mutations lead to new traits — and with the world population now above 7 billion and rising, the chances ...
Gene-editing ‘vaccine’ could radically change heart disease risk
As many as 50 percent of heart attacks strike without any warning signs and in individuals with no history of heart disease. When ...
Interbreeding with Neanderthals, Denisovans gave us an evolutionary boost, study says
When Homo sapiens left Africa and encountered the Homo neanderthalensis in Europe, the two ancient hominins did the obvious thing and had sex with ...
What the next 20 years have in store for male birth control, including a gel rubbed into the shoulders
[M]ale contraception has been limited to the same two options for the last 100 years: condoms and a vasectomy. Neither ...
3 ‘biomarkers’ linked to male sexual orientation in study
The search for the “gay gene” is rooted in a fraught question: Does homosexuality have a biological basis? The reasons ...
Fathers who exercise may also improve the genetics of their children, study suggests
A positive perception of regular exercise may be one of the more lasting gifts a parent can give their children. But there’s ...
Tragic tradeoff: How depression evaded evolution
Depression is an evolutionary conundrum. On the one hand, it’s the leading cause of disability worldwide; on the other, the ...
Linked at last? 4-million-year-old skull connects humans to ‘Lucy’ ancestor
Long before Neanderthals or Homo erectus wandered the Earth, there lived an early human species called Australopithecus afarensis. Most famously represented by the specimen known ...
We’ve been dealing with bubonic plague for 4,000 years, DNA analysis of ancient skeletons shows
Recently, the examination of two 3,800-year old skeletons revealed the presence of a Yersinia pestis strain, famously the bacterium that causes plague. This ...
